Sunday School

Lots of good reads on humanists… All of this racial tension has me reflecting….

My racism is contextual. Worked in a career with a diverse team. “Awesome”. Social situations; “the more diverse, the better”. See a young black guy casually walking down my white rural street. “Hmmm WTF is he up to?”. It is not an excuse but our brains are wired…[Read more]

I think the guy on the right (aka god) is saying “Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk I’m a woman’s man, no time to talk”.

lol

Simon Paynton wrote:

I’m not sure what’s going on here.

The guy on the left is getting ready to take dump. The guy on the right is yelling “Look! A grouse!”

Why fairness matters more than equality

This is a very thorough exploration of the concept of fairness.  We can have charity, equality of outcome, equality of opportunity, proportionality to effort (merit), or proportionality to deservingness, all covered by the domain of distributive justice.

If what we want are fair opportunities without…

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I’ve got a book of Fra Angelico’s religious art.  It expresses a lot of things that aren’t to do with theology.

At Christmas I always go see Handel’s Messiah and or Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. At Easter (if possible) Bach’s St. John’s or St. Matthews Passion. They are monumental works of Western civilization and always put me in the Christmas spirit. I think of it like seeing a Star Wars film. I don’t believe in the force nor that Luke was the chosen one.

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:

The 5th topic with this link. I am all in favor of preserving religious art. It has its place with its links to our history. I sometimes visit churches to appreciate the stained glass windows. I even like some choral and pastoral music. Not for the lyrics of course but for the sound of the human voice.

A lot of great…[Read more]

The 5th topic with this link.

I am all in favor of preserving religious art. It has its place with its links to our history. I sometimes visit churches to appreciate the stained glass windows. I even like some choral and pastoral music. Not for the lyrics of course but for the sound of the human voice.

_Robert_ wrote:

Those botched church art restorations are hilarious. Perhaps the body of graphic art talent has shifted into digital mediums, leaving paint and canvas expertise in the dust. Why does not the lord softly guide the hand of the restorer? Biblically he is very concerned about his image.

Was there a link to church art restorations in…[Read more]

Every time there is botched art people laugh just a little bit and then get furious. The government needs to pour more money into professional restaurations of buildings and art. Even atheists agree. We don’t want to lose national treasures, even if a lot of them are about Jebus and holy virgins.

Good one Simon. Why does God have grey hair? He cannot age if he is immortal. Maybe our “sinning” does it? OK, I know what I must do.

I’m not sure what’s going on here.

Some verse in Exodus says (paraphrasing) “no man that sees the face of God shall live”. Moses got a flash of His hind quarters one cool evening as recorded by Moses. As he and his followers were unlikely to have been very white, especially having wandered in a desert for 40 years, I am sure he would have mentioned that He had a white butt.

It is…[Read more]

Those botched church art restorations are hilarious. Perhaps the body of graphic art talent has shifted into digital mediums, leaving paint and canvas expertise in the dust. Why does not the lord softly guide the hand of the restorer? Biblically he is very concerned about his image.

Thanks, Reg!

Have a great week everyone!

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Yes, in Arizona you could be ejected from a Target store for not wearing a mask but walk across the road to a Trump gig and cheer your potential executioner all evening.  His rallies ARE super spreader events. He will have to ask Mike Pence to stop the testing or the numbers will keep going up.

Trump does not look like the picture of health either. He might have a very bad time if he gets a whiff of that bug. The British PM almost made the ultimate ‘Brexit’ himself.

In time we shall see if the Trump rally(s) become spreader events. Perhaps then he will get the picture.